Hello, Birders. Everybody's signed up now for one or more Colorado CBCs, right? Okay, now what? Here's an idea: *Join Colorado Field Ornithologists and Yours Truly for a pre-CBC field workshop, Sat., Dec. 12, 9am till noonish, at Greeenlee Preserve, Boulder County.* Our primary focus will be on common, even abundant, birds that can be surprisingly hard to ID on count day--and any other day of the year, for that matter.
We'll learn how to distinguish between Canada geese and cackling geese <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10153086326952038&type=1>; we'll try to make sense out of Cassiar juncos and even Ridgway's juncos <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10153086318532038&type=1>; and, just for fun, we'll learn how to age ring-billed gulls <https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10153087471367038&type=1> (with an eye toward finding a mew gull or something). And as time allows, we'll look for some of the recent goodies at Greenlee Preserve and adjoining Waneka Lake: gray catbird, greater white-fronted goose, merlin, bushtit, and, everybody's favorite, African collared-dove. Of course, we'll cover some of the basics: counting birds in large flocks; what to do about hybrids and spuhs; signing up for the Boulder CBC, I mean, any CBC of your choosing; protocol for paying proper homage to your compiler . . . *This workshop is free and open to the public.* All persons welcome; no prior experience necessary. If you've never heard of a Ridgway's Junco, come and learn; if you know how to ID a Ridgway's Junco, please explain it to the rest of us. On-street parking available immediately west of the preserve (Salina Street & vicinity). We will assemble at 9am at the observation deck at the southwest corner of Greenlee Preserve. Ted Floyd Lafayette, Boulder County -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/b6dba33e-b771-4270-b3a0-5e50924285c4%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
